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Franklin County files answers to the three lawsuits’ complaints regarding the deaths of four of six victims, driving off a damaged bridge

By John Estridge The favorite phrase for Franklin County’s attorney of record in three civil suits is “Defendants deny or lack information and therefore deny all other allegations …” Liberty R. (Libby) Roberts, an attorney with the Noblesville law firm Church Church Hittle and Antrim, is defending the county and filed the Answer and Affirmative …

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Three lawsuits in the six drowning deaths in FC in March 2020, allege dispatchers ignored three 911 calls about the bridge flooding and being washed out; instead, the dispatchers posted on personal social media accounts

By John Estridge Alleged negligence from three Franklin County governmental entities, especially the Franklin County dispatchers, led to six people drowning as a result of washed-out approaches to a bridge during flooding on March 20, 2020. That is the claim of at least three lawsuits filed in Franklin Circuit Court II by relatives of some …

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